Meet the Keynote Speakers for the 2020 Sierra Leone Arts Culture Festival UK

This month I’ll be one of two Keynotes at the fourth annual Sierra Leone Arts & Culture Festival (SLACFest). This year’s theme is Sierra Leone Beyond Borders: the Past, the Present & the Future (Trade, Tide ɛn Tumara).

Our Global “Professional Sierra Leonean” Ade Daramy will give the Keynote Address on Sierra Leone’s Past (Trade) and I will give the Keynote Address on Sierra Leone’s Present (Tide).

#SierraLeone #BHM Olivia Wellesley-Cole; ‘A Levels’ Phys, Maths, Chem at a boys’ school in F'town; UK, gained 1st in Electronics: Univ of Wales Inst. of Science and Tech, Cardiff – the only woman on the course. “In West Africa, there is a strong tradition of independent women.” pic.twitter.com/SfscQit4GM

— Ade Daramy (@AdeD1955) October 10, 2020

Ade Daramy is a Sierra Leonean journalist, broadcaster, social commentator, motivational speaker and media trainer. He has worked with the BBC World Service, he is a presenter on Colourful Radio in the UK and is also an editor at the Journal of Sierra Leone Studies and African lifestyle magazine, Promota Africa.

To get a virtual front row seat to our community of emerging creatives and new Sierra Leonean voices at home and in the diaspora visit SLAC Fest Online details below:

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“The Young Sierra Leonean C.I.C. presents: Sierra Leone Beyond Borders: the Past, the Present & the Future (Trade, Tide ɛn Tumara).

Join us for the opening night of #SLACfest 2020 in partnership with Poplar Union, an evening celebrating Sierra Leone’s contribution to the world through the years; with keynote talks, discussions, digital media and performances by Sierra Leoneans across the world.”